Acting
Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting · Born 1888-03-30 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish-born actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Starring in some 200 feature films. The first Swedish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1905, she had earned enough for a ticket across the Atlantic. In New York she was discovered on a thriving avenue by the famous portrait painter James Carroll Beckwith and soon she was New York's highest paid model. In 1907 she was named America's most beautiful woman and became a model for the 1910s beauty ideal, The Gibson Girl Look.
Credits · 117
FilmSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
FilmThe Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Nurse (uncredited)
FilmThe Unknown Man
1951 · (uncredited)
FilmAn American in Paris
1951 · Kay Jansen (uncredited)
FilmShow Boat
1951 · Seamstress (uncredited)
FilmGrounds for Marriage
1951 · Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
FilmSunset Boulevard
1950 · Anna Q. Nilsson
FilmAdam's Rib
1949 · Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
FilmIn the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Woman with Harp (uncredited)
FilmEvery Girl Should Be Married
1948 · Saleslady
FilmThe Boy with Green Hair
1948
FilmFighting Father Dunne
1948 · Mrs. Olaf Knudson
FilmIt Had to Be You
1947 · Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
FilmCynthia
1947 · Miss Brady, English Teacher
FilmThe Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Mrs. Holstrom
FilmThe Secret Heart
1946 · Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
FilmCry 'Havoc'
1943 · Nurse (uncredited)
FilmHeadin' for God's Country
1943 · Mrs. Nilsson
FilmCrossroads
1942 · Madame Deval (uncredited)
FilmI Live on Danger
1942 · Mrs. Sherman
FilmGirls' Town
1942 · Mother Lorraine
FilmThey Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
FilmThe Great Man's Lady
1941 · Paula Wales
FilmRiders of the Timberline
1941 · Donna Ryan
FilmPrison Farm
1938 · Matron Ames
FilmBehind the Criminal
1937 · Madge
FilmWanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Mrs. Virey
FilmThe Little Minister
1934 · Villager
FilmSchool for Girls
1934 · Dr. Anne Galvin
FilmThe World Changes
1933 · Mrs. Peterson
FilmBlockade
1928 · Bess
FilmThe Whip
1928 · Iris d'Aquila
FilmSorrell and Son
1927 · Dora Sorrell
FilmThe 13th Juror
1927 · Helen Marsden
FilmLonesome Ladies
1927 · Polly Fosdick
FilmBabe Comes Home
1927 · Vernie
Easy Pickings
FilmEasy Pickings
1927 · Mary Ryan
FilmThe Masked Woman
1927 · Diane Delatour
FilmMidnight Lovers
1926 · Diana Fothergill
FilmMiss Nobody
1926 · Barbara Brown
FilmThe Greater Glory
1926 · Fanny
FilmToo Much Money
1926 · Annabel Broadley
FilmThe Splendid Road
1925 · Sandra De Hault
FilmWinds of Chance
1925 · Countess Courteau
FilmThe Talker
1925 · Kate Lennox
FilmOne Way Street
1925 · Lady Sylvia Hutton
FilmIf I Marry Again
1925 · Alicia Wingate
FilmInez from Hollywood
1924 · Inez Laranetta
Hello, 'Frisco
FilmHello, 'Frisco
1924 · Anna Q. Nilsson
FilmVanity's Price
1924 · Vanna du Maurier
FilmThe Breath of Scandal
1924 · Anna
FilmThe Fire Patrol
1924 · Mary Ferguson
FilmThe Side Show of Life
1924 · Lady Auriol Dayne
FilmBroadway After Dark
1924 · Helen Tremaine
FilmBetween Friends
1924 · Jessica Drene
FilmFlowing Gold
1924 · Allegheny Briskow
FilmPainted People
1924 · Leslie Carter
FilmHalf-a-Dollar Bill
1924 · The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
FilmEnemies of Children
1923 · Patricia - Patsy as an adult
FilmThundering Dawn
1923 · Mary Rogers
FilmPonjola
1923 · Lady Flavia Desmond
FilmAdam's Rib
1923 · Mrs. Michael Ramsay
FilmThe Spoilers
1923 · Cherry Malotte
FilmHollywood
1923 · Anna Q. Nilsson
FilmThe Rustle of Silk
1923 · Lady Feo
FilmSouls for Sale
1923 · Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
FilmThe Isle of Lost Ships
1923 · Dorothy Fairfax
FilmHearts Aflame
1923 · Helen Foraker
FilmPink Gods
1922 · Lady Margot Cork
FilmA Trip to Paramountown
1922 · Self
FilmThe Man From Home
1922 · Genevieve Granger-Simpson
FilmThree Live Ghosts
1922 · Ivis
FilmTen Nights in a Bar Room
1921
FilmThe Lotus Eater
1921 · Madge Vance
FilmThe People of Värmland
1921 · Anna
FilmWhy Girls Leave Home
1921 · Anna Hedder
FilmWithout Limit
1921 · Ember Edwards
FilmWhat Women Will Do
1921 · Lily Gibbs
FilmThe Brute Master
1920 · Madeline Grey
FilmIn the Heart of a Fool
1920 · Margaret Muller
FilmThe Fighting Chance
1920 · Sylvia Landis
FilmOne Hour Before Dawn
1920 · Ellen Aldrich
FilmThe Figurehead
1920 · Mary Forbes
FilmThe Toll Gate
1920 · Mary Brown
FilmThe 13th Commandment
1920 · Leila Kip
FilmThe Luck of the Irish
1920 · Ruth Warren
FilmSoldiers of Fortune
1919 · Alice Langham
FilmHer Kingdom of Dreams
1919 · Carlotta Stanmore
FilmThe Love Burglar
1919 · Joan Gray
FilmA Sporting Chance
1919 · Pamela Brent
FilmA Very Good Young Man
1919 · Viva Bacchus
FilmThe Way of the Strong
1919 · Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
FilmCheating Cheaters
1919 · Grace Palmer
FilmVenus in the East
1919 · Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
FilmAuction of Souls
1919 · Edith Graham
FilmHeart of the Sunset
1918 · Alaire Austin
FilmOver There
1917 · Bettie Adams
FilmSeven Keys to Baldpate
1917 · Mary Norton
FilmThe Inevitable
1917 · Florence Grey
FilmThe Moral Code
1917 · Jean Hyland
FilmInfidelity
1917 · Elaine Bernard
FilmHer Surrender
1916 · Rhoda Courtlandt
FilmSold Out
1916 · Leila Austin
The Tight Rein
FilmThe Tight Rein
1916 · Amy
FilmThe Scarlet Road
1916 · Betty Belgrave
FilmThe Regeneration
1915 · Marie Deering
FilmThe Haunting Fear
1915 · Diana - an Adventuress
FilmThe Destroyer
1915 · Helen Vedrine
FilmThe Siren's Reign
1915 · Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
FilmRegeneration
1914 · Katherine Williams
FilmUncle Tom's Cabin
1913 · Eliza - a Runaway Slave
FilmThe Fatal Legacy
1913 · Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
FilmShenandoah
1913 · Gertrude Illingham
FilmA Mississippi Tragedy
1913 · Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
FilmThe Confederate Ironclad
1912 · Elinor
FilmThe Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912 · Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
FilmThe Darling of the CSA
1912 · Agnes Lane